Tourism: Coronavirus

(asked on 13th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak on destination management organisations (DMO); and whether his Department plans to increase the level of funding provided through the DMO resilience fund.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 16th July 2020

The Destination Management Organisation (DMO) Resilience Fund awarded a total of £1.33m to eligible DMOs in England.

The fund has supported 56 DMOs. A further 23 applications were made which were unsuccessful as they did not meet the criteria.

The Government recognises that these remain extremely challenging conditions for tourism organisations across the country. We will continue to monitor the situation in the tourism sector as restrictions are eased, and I encourage DMOs to keep sharing information with VisitEngland and my Department.

DMOs have provided vital business support to local tourism organisations during this crisis, and will play a key role in helping our tourism industry recover.

List of DMOs who successfully applied to the fund and the amount awarded to them can be found on the attached table.

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